Fish_Genius
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Joined : 02 Feb 2008
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Location : Burlington Ontario, Canada
Job/hobbies : Fishkeeping
Favourite type of fish : Altum Angelfish
|  Subject: Re: experienced with plants  Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:34 pm | |
| I'm pretty experienced with plants, as I have grown the Creping Burr Head in my tanks. Trust me, it is not easy at all to grow those monsters.
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I have been keeping aquariums most of my life. I have kept both fresh and salt water, cichlids, catfish, loaches, clownfish, wrasses, and everything in between. Feel free to ask me any questions!
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garman
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Age : 42
Joined : 30 Jan 2008
Posts : 289
Location : grew up in Ithaca NY
Job/hobbies : respiratory therapist, N-scale trains,
Favourite type of fish : Florida gars
| | Subject: Re: experienced with plants Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:02 am | |
| | Hey Fish_Genious. What is a Creping burr head plant? I can't find it on the internet. How do you spell it? |
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Fishguy
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Age : 29
Joined : 23 Jan 2008
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Location : Ontario, Canada
Job/hobbies : keeping an aquarium
| | Subject: Re: experienced with plants Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:33 pm | |
| | I was looking it up and I found this, Creeping burhead also known as Spade Leaf Sword. Burhead was also spelt like this Burrhead. Needs a large, deep aquarium to grow properly. CO2 infusion helps stronger growth. A heavy feeder and for optimum growth a rich substrate is needed, including clay. If grown immersed it is prone to attacks by aphids. Not fussy as to water conditions, tropical aquarium temperatures. Is this the plant you are talking about Fish_Genious. |
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Fish_Genius
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Joined : 02 Feb 2008
Posts : 176
Location : Burlington Ontario, Canada
Job/hobbies : Fishkeeping
Favourite type of fish : Altum Angelfish
| | Subject: Re: experienced with plants Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:26 pm | |
| Yup, thats the plant! They are also known as Mud King. Trust me, they grow to massive sizes, outgrowing most tanks. I keep mine in a column tank, it is freakin huge.
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I have been keeping aquariums most of my life. I have kept both fresh and salt water, cichlids, catfish, loaches, clownfish, wrasses, and everything in between. Feel free to ask me any questions!
Visit my blog at http://fgaquarium.blogspot.com/ |
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